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130 · Oct 2021
.pom pom.
was scared of the lions and other
creatures

not the elephants nor the clowns
james

i loved them both
and still do
130 · Jun 2023
. little bird.
we need to concentrate on detail

to describe things properly

need to

go there each year a while

to retain to remain in memory

need to

care for  little things
130 · Mar 2022
.these questions.
can you clamber
through the rocks
slipping into water
oily boots leaking?

can you stride out
over dewy moors
peat bogged
with no direction?
130 · Nov 2022
..sunlight..
lady on the bus told me her sister kept lots of soap and what did I think.

I says she sounds like me.
129 · Jul 2023
.2nd.
initially it was said

that secondly should be

second and initially

should be first

i was confused that

nobody said third

and comforted

by the sound of fourth

a

memory of moth
129 · Jun 2022
.necessity.
feels necessary to hold onto memories
and to repeat myself
129 · Feb 2022
.the new balaclava.
good to hear back from you yet sorry to hear about the difficulties.

.i were doing well with transport, using the buses and walking about.

.now we have the omicron creature here guess my leisure bus rides will be curtailed, essential travel only.

.it were a pleasant interlude encouraged by the grandson and another seasoned  traveller.

.so we move forward differently once again.

.while you and remain in mind.

.you with a balaclava now!
129 · Oct 2023
.me.
told them about joan and they said they had to go, get home
later I heard they liked her despite the startled look
she was drawn again yesterday
129 · Oct 2021
.dunster.
was mentioned that people turn it back to themselves

tried it and found it so

that or not showing care
for the deep ness of it all

maybe i shall not go to dunster again

after all

and shall miss it

&

more

will miss you…..

.note. i never did pronounce dulverton as dulverton…
129 · Sep 2024
.stories.
..blue sky..

she said she liked the stories

except I did not tell them
i never tell you much
nor all of it

there are bits left to fill in
yourselves
128 · Apr 2021
.night scented stocks.
love the line
my little room that overlooks
the river

such an image in my mind

my grans are dead
seemed to have three and i don’t know really

there was gran who baked the beans that
i spoke of yesterday though i never ate none

then there was granny pussycat who i never
knew really

and granny wigs

grandads were all gone and missing

except mr palmer who was no relation

and had a good workshop
tidy and interesting and

that is a fact

proper grandad was a green grocer
i was told with a horse and
cart which fell on him

the delivery horses ate the flowers in gran’s
front garden

night scented stocks she said
128 · Oct 2021
.the toolshed.
peter, i could not make things like that either and admire those that can.

it is good to mend and keep things nice

such an achievement
128 · Jan 2021
.bird in hand 2.
poor birds

have it difficult the best of times
then comes the festivals
those traditions

that mean they must die

talking of which
now we know

with our present hidings and isolation
distancing

how they live at all times

the creatures burn and die
fly
away

i watch the squirrels down the back lane
each day
sometimes one will stop running and

we look at each other

a while
128 · Mar 9
.darker.
the back road was
littered, rather blustery.

today
we have a darker day
128 · Jul 2021
.second dose.
yes

so I won the challenge yesterday
and have set a new one
will judge it on may 4th

not saying much of intelligence
really

the weather is beautiful here
all sunshine and bird song

so I guess they will come
and turn places into car parks
again

even though buses are provided

i did not want to win though

no major side effects except dreams of side effects
128 · Sep 2022
.crocks.
the idea left us dancing.

use what is already there,
make do and mend
127 · Feb 2024
..hot water..
comes a differing hue
with duck egg blue
the ironmongers in town
at one seventy nine
we can walk there and back or there
and bus back you see
he said folk get used to anything
127 · Mar 2021
.elephant.
those days we went each year
watched them drive through the
village first

oh the excitement
waving

only they did not come last year
of course and i guess they will

not again this year

i would not mix with a crowd now

would you james?

when I was a kid the elephants
came by train and there was a
procession from the station
through town with performers

all waving

i was scared of the lions and other
creatures

not the elephants nor the clowns
james

i loved them both
and still do


overcast
127 · Jun 2022
. this & that .
some places we have only passed through
and if the history were told we may understand it different

than reality

these slower times I find more exploration yet only of the now with patches of this and that
127 · Feb 2021
.the procession.
assumimg you are safe
i tell you about the villages
close by yet still over the
mountain

where the good grub is
for midwinter while men
buzz about hunting

while i disapprove
and eat the vegatables

where the man talks about
his toe endlessly as the other
word is rather complex & all
this with only one paid for cup
of tea

where the child lays low playing
and unscrewing the chair legs

where the night comes earlier
each day and pheasants walk

the lanes in procession. this
was a gathering
this was a confession

yesterday
was not quite
midwinter
solstice
yet
127 · Mar 16
.bolder.
it takes time and patience to be  brave;

to face the consequences, to be         so

bold.



the calculations are seven
127 · Apr 2022
.vim.
stains the cup if left standing,

remember the hotel, 1964,

we used to scour them especially

round the handle, then the base.
127 · Apr 2022
.watching.
feels as if. the thing i was doing

has overtaken me.   wealth  has no

agenda,                nor have  capitals.

rules come away. a differing

place,  turning in the year.

it came gently.
127 · Jan 2021
.four legged.
it came four legged

trouncing down the dark


no one was distressed here nor

frightened


one finds more fear in the doings

of men, their counterparts


fear of too much punctuation haunts

us

unlike the four leggeds

*

there are stars

there are no stars


so what is the true meaning

here


running in the dark

sorting in the rain things get wet


puddles form

wordsjointogether


a long dark road

two legged
127 · Oct 2023
..snakes..
snakes figure a bit here since
i saw that one in the
famous old painting with a egg
in its mouth
127 · Jan 2024
..29..
take note of the numbers,
especially those with 9, as
in 29.

the page is speckled,
left unread mostly these days,
127 · Aug 2021
.romping.
i hear that all is arrived and tested
well done everyone

those that invented
those that made and packed
shipped

and he who unpacked and put together

romping was the focus
after crawling

it is all remembered
like riding a bike
they say
127 · Jun 2023
.again.
no words to describe the mass,

the danger of it all, the hate  that

rises.

the parallel,

power house.

bone house.
127 · Apr 18
..rite of spring..
during the day, sun shining,

is this spring, or summer

now? clearing the debris,

painting it white.



birds gather, as the

radio plays.



we dance in the greenhouse.
127 · Jul 2023
..over the golf..
grass

holds the sand.

sand holds

the grass.


have you walked the dunes

hollowed path, coconut gorse.


have you found contentment there?


have you sat the sun, black crow bird,

have you closed your eyes at that

within, enjoyed that

without?


the tin hut is still empty.
127 · Dec 2020
23.echo
do you know the dark corner

behind damask

where music plays?


do you know why the tree died

why the paint smudged?


some know and remember the years

less for some than others


some paint tidy all realism while

others paint a different way


i know why the tree died . i do.

i know that the stove ticks when lit
127 · May 2022
.thick skins.
liked in potatoes called spuds

& maybe there was one

covering us

that wore away over years…

well never mind

they say and go get on with it

meanwhile I thought of you back then all those years ago

underlined
127 · Nov 2023
.view.
there is a nice long beach and lovely views out to sea


the sea that is rising
126 · Oct 2021
.hairgrips.
hairgrips

at asda are two pounds fifty pence

those from morrisons are one pound

all delivered

ordered the blonde ones though

wanted grey….
126 · May 9
.small poem.
what small thing
touched you yesterday,
touched your heart.

among the larger issues,
outstanding nonsense,
did some thing
stop you in your tracks
to wonder.

one small thing.

did you too
forget richard parker ?
126 · Dec 2022
. coast .
there is a nice long beach and lovely views out to sea

the sea that is rising
126 · Aug 2023
..medication.
the medicine works

though leaves the passages

dry

triggers sets me thinking of cowboys

we don’t have those here either
126 · Jun 2022
.drop.
there a little cloud with teardrops

a wash of shadowed grey
126 · Dec 2024
.james.
and maybe, and probably
i cannot fix it
so will look after it
admire it daily
unless it rains

james
126 · Feb 2021
12.uncle.
:: uncle ::

tell him he needs to focus

best eye forward to stop complaining


it is for safety purposes

the rules are made


the family all seem to have

problems with vision

even the dog


things go fast and seep into distant

beings


fairies again


or is it simply the pressure?
125 · Mar 28
.3 days.
these are the longer days, lighter days, wood pile growing, apple wood, colours of joy. believe in the world, that you can spell first time. be proud as you point out where you live, at all there is.
125 · May 14
.a challenge day.
any number
will be sent despite blood
from bulbs, stranded fingers,
picked, plucked at rags, thead.

and filaments.

it seems the work is cupboards.

cabinet makers.
125 · Mar 2024
...constant..
some things fade with time,
with sun and washings.
this one remained bright,
even glaring
125 · May 2023
. bigger picture .
do not feel so great, again today.

i wanted to be european.

a bigger picture.
125 · Nov 2023
..falling days..
so the falling days,
end today, winter waits,
and the songs, and words,
tunes are all to warm us,
and hold us safe
125 · Jul 2021
.jim's new bike.
one enjoys the names of colours here

would have liked a job in that department

ignoring the racist ones from the fifties

smiling at those from farrow and ball

heritage colours come dull

as lockdown hit here first

i painted my outsides in happy yellow
drawn by the name not just the colour

and oh that name come true
on opening jim

is fading now
yets remains as the description

a new bike
how joyful
125 · Jun 2021
.the garden path.
Yes chilly and windy here yesterday.

Another exciting day in that the neighbours were having a tree felled and it was interesting to watch between tasks and warming up.

Ivor called to look at the greenhouse and left me to mull over ideas.

Then I started to define one of the paths with the gravel that was delivered. Did not rush as I will like it in a good place so hope to continue today.

Rang my brother, he is fine.

Then Pat Doorbar rang , also fine.

Not much on TV so listened to a podcast about space debris and drifted off.

With capitals and punctuation today. A treat.
125 · Oct 2024
.news.
watching the weather
discussing the news


for news came yesterday


local
125 · Jul 2023
..blanket..
is all a pattern, that keeps us safely,        moves us

onward.
125 · Jul 2022
.little bear.
forgot to say
that one bear
here
now has silk floral pants

as in underwear
not pants as in america

here we say trousers

anyhow there is no photograph

the guy in the charity
says there are no doll’s
clothes in stock

do you say thrift?

6.20am
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